First pick
Parc du Septentrion
Park or garden
71 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Chester100rot · CC BY-SA 4.06.4%woodland
Outdoors in Bondues · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Bondues is within 800 m of a park or wood
No protected area reaches Bondues; the nearest, Le Héron nature reserve, is 9.4 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 6.4% of Bondues. Footpaths add up to 29 km across Bondues (2.2 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Le Héron nature reserve, 9.4 km
Woodland
6.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
29 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.9 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
6
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du Septentrion
Throughout this page, the Nord median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Bondues compares with French towns
Each figure against the 3,798 compared French towns (communes with an overall grade): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Described, not graded.
Protected areas0%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland6.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
28out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
62out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
40out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Bondues has the 18th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (9,566 to 9,922 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Crosne (5.8 km per km²) to Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crosne Essonne | 5.8 | 12% | 0% | 167 km |
| 2 | Saint-Max Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5.1 | 4.9% | 0.3% | 366 km |
| 3 | Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 4.4 | 10% | 0.1% | 123 km |
| 4 | Beauchamp Val-d'Oise | 4.2 | 12% | 0% | 129 km |
| 5 | Darnétal Seine-Maritime | 4.2 | 37% | 0% | 53 km |
| 6 | Montlhéry Essonne | 4.1 | 9.8% | 0% | 165 km |
| 7 | Aytré Charente-Maritime | 3.7 | 1.1% | 0% | On it |
| 8 | Lesquin Nord | 3.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 68 km |
| 9 | Vernouillet Yvelines | 3.5 | 19% | 0% | 124 km |
| 10 | Le Rheu Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 46 km |
| 11 | Frouzins Haute-Garonne | 3.3 | 7.7% | 11% | 152 km |
| 12 | Voreppe Isère | 3.3 | 42% | 35% | 213 km |
| 13 | Montigny-en-Gohelle Pas-de-Calais | 3.1 | 7.7% | 0% | 78 km |
| 14 | Portet-sur-Garonne Haute-Garonne | 3 | 9.8% | 15% | 146 km |
| 15 | Grand-Couronne Seine-Maritime | 2.9 | 42% | 0.2% | 48 km |
| 16 | Aucamville Haute-Garonne | 2.5 | 2.3% | 0% | 151 km |
| 17 | Basse-Goulaine Loire-Atlantique | 2.5 | 14% | 14% | 44 km |
| 18 | Bondues Nord | 2.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 56 km |
| 19 | Ézanville Val-d'Oise | 2.2 | 0.7% | 0% | 134 km |
| 20 | Figeac Lot | 2.1 | 27% | 0% | 182 km |
| 21 | Pérols Hérault | 1.9 | 0.6% | 37% | 2.2 km |
| 22 | Roche-la-Molière Loire | 1.8 | 8.5% | 0% | 209 km |
| 23 | Saint-Lys Haute-Garonne | 1.5 | 9.5% | 0% | 162 km |
| 24 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 23% | 100% | 37 km |
| 25 | Saint-Amand-Montrond Cher | 1.3 | 10% | 6.4% | 282 km |
| 26 | Nort-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 9% | 6.6% | 53 km |
| 27 | Aire-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 1.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 43 km |
| 28 | Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.2 | 0.1% | 45% | 3.8 km |
| 29 | Merville Nord | 1 | 2% | 0% | 48 km |
| 30 | Bourg-de-Péage Drôme | 0.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 176 km |
| 31 | Bernay Eure | 0.9 | 15% | 4.7% | 42 km |
| 32 | Lançon-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.7 | 2.7% | 80% | 23 km |
| 33 | Saint-Doulchard Cher | 0.7 | 8.8% | 7.2% | 282 km |
| 34 | Revel Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 4.3% | 0% | 99 km |
| 35 | Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe Tarn | 0.6 | 6.1% | 1.1% | 138 km |
| 36 | Lorgues Var | 0.6 | 53% | 6.3% | 30 km |
| 37 | Saint-Jean-d'Illac Gironde | 0.5 | 79% | 0.5% | 23 km |
| 38 | Mézidon Vallée d'Auge Calvados | 0.5 | 8.1% | 0% | 24 km |
| 39 | Carmaux Tarn | 0.4 | 3.3% | 0% | 127 km |
| 40 | Audenge Gironde | 0.4 | 72% | 100% | On it |
| 41 | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Nièvre | 0.3 | 24% | 3.8% | 295 km |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park or wood. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Green: parks, gardens and woods mapped on OpenStreetMap, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · INPN / PatriNat · IGN
Places to walk
Parks and woods to walk in, in and around Bondues
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Septentrion leads, at 71 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc floral des Compagnons des Saisons
Park or garden · 380 m outside the commune
3.7 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
2.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le Vert Bois
Wood or forest · 10 m outside the commune
18 ha
1.6 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Grande Rotonde
Park or garden · 40 m outside the commune
0.9 ha
1.3 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Peace Garden
Park or garden · 320 m outside the commune
0.2 ha
1.6 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Le Héron nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 9.4 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Le Héron nature reserve
9.4 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
Designations overlap (a regional park can hold a Natura 2000 site), so the rows don’t add up; the first counts each piece of land once.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
29 km of footpaths cross Bondues
Paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and waymarked hiking routes, mapped on OpenStreetMap inside the commune; woods are mapped forest and woodland, private woods included.
Footpaths
29 km
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.9 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
6.4%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BonduesNord medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BonduesNord medianFrance median
Woodland6.4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 62% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 72% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. Every home in Bondues is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 121B9.5 km
Menen - Libercourt13 km
Circuit du Genièvre11 km
GR 121B passes within 2 km of Bondues.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bondues: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lille-Lesquin, 15 km away, and the daylight at the town’s latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 51 | 52 | 45 | 62 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 57 | 64 | 75 | 73 |
April is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Bondues →
Neighbors
Next to Bondues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MouvauxLinsellesWambrechiesWasquehalRoncqMarcq-en-BarœulBondues
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bondues | 0% | 6.4% | 2.2 |
| Mouvaux 13,369 · 3.1 km | 0% | 3.2% | 3 |
| Linselles 8,161 · 3.5 km | 0% | 0.7% | 1 |
| Wambrechies 11,012 · 3.9 km | 0% | 2.9% | 1.9 |
| Wasquehal 20,726 · 4.4 km | 0% | 4.7% | 3.1 |
| Roncq 14,075 · 4.5 km | 0% | 2.5% | 2.3 |
| Marcq-en-Barœul 40,184 · 4.7 km | 0% | 3.7% | 3.4 |
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected areas. National-park cores, national parks’ outer areas, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites, from INPN. A national park’s core is strictly protected; its outer area and a regional park are charters between communes, not bans. Designations overlap, so the total counts each piece of land once.
- Woodland. Forest and woods as OpenStreetMap maps them, private woods included: woods nobody has mapped are missing, and a mapped wood isn’t necessarily open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footpaths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, then waymarked hiking routes (GR and others) measured apart. A route often follows a path or lane already counted: the two overlap. Paths nobody has mapped are missing.
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (INSEE’s 200 m grid) within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or wood edge. It measures nearness, not a way in. Guadeloupe and French Guiana have no grid: their pages say whether the town center is within 800 m.
- The coast. The straight-line distance from the town center to OpenStreetMap’s coastline, which follows the tide line into estuaries. A commune is on the coast when the coastline crosses its boundary.
- No grade yet. U.S. and UK towns have an Outdoors Grade; French towns don’t yet. Each figure is set beside the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade) in the département and in France, each figure its own median.
Questions about the outdoors in Bondues
Is Bondues in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Le Héron nature reserve, 9.4 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bondues?
OpenStreetMap maps 29 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bondues is woodland?
6.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bondues near the sea?
No: the coast is 56 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bondues?
April to September: long days, mild highs and little rain, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at the nearest suitable station.
Why is there no Outdoors Grade for French towns?
TownRatings grades the outdoors in the U.S. and the UK; the French figures are new and not graded yet. This page sets each one beside the median compared French town instead.
Sources: INPN / PatriNat (protected areas 2026, Natura 2000 2024) · © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL (paths, hiking routes, woods, coast, gardens) · INSEE, Filosofi 2021 200 m grid (residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Météo-France normals 1991–2020 · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.